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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547255 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609777 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43697 BIRTS 2387506 John A. 303 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 61st Infantry Killed in Action 10/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 778  3036 Grave #148, Sect. A, Row #7, Amer. B/A Cty., Cunel, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/18/1919 Cemetery 1232  10847 In:  Grave 128, Section 23, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Maud Langaker, (Aunt), 1016 Taylor St., Joplin, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 12/30/1918, Form 107: 1/22/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-36445   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Auth: Cas.Div. 3 X 5 Cas. Files A.G.O. Miss Geneva Birts,(Sister) Savanna, Okla. 20 - Sec 23, F115 - 3/28/21 20 - Sec 23   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/30/1921 to Fred Birts, c/o Chaneys Und., McAlester, Okla. Received at Destination  on 10/6/1921 by Chaneys, T. C. J. Emergency address notified on 12/12/1921

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